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SynergistNOW

SynergistNOW, a blog created and delivered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, offers ideas, insights, and perspectives on important topics affecting industrial and occupational hygiene professionals, written by and for experienced IH/OHs, researchers, academics, and AIHA leaders.​​


The opinions, claims, conclusions, and positions expressed on this blog are those of the author or person quoted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors, AIHA®, The Synergist®, or SynergistNOW.

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Serial: Installments on important issues in IH.

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March 3, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

OEHS Professionals and Consensus Standards

Consensus standards are helpful in crisis conditions because government decision-making cannot keep up with the unfolding situation. Getting involved in standard development is one way that OEHS professionals can help when public health is at stake.
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March 1, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly

The Monthly Weekly: As the Pandemic Evolves, Priorities Shift

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of research is shifting to issues like addressing healthcare worker burnout, protecting vulnerable workers, meeting the public's respiratory protection needs, and encouraging vaccination.
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February 24, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Navigating the Ever-Changing Insurance Market for IH and OEHS Professionals

While the insurance market is challenging and costs are increasing in specific product lines, this market cycle is a chance for companies to create a competitive advantage for their firms around the acquisition of best-in-class insurance programs.
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February 22, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Essentials Series

The Global COVID-19 Response

The global COVID-19 response started as early as the final weeks of 2019. At the urging of scientists and medical experts, countries scrambled to respond, with a few nations taking early, decisive, non-pharmaceutical actions.
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February 17, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Schools and the Pandemic

Amid the complex challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest commonality for school principals and administrators trying to protect staff and students may be the need to adapt health and safety guidance to their particular circumstances.
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February 15, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

Effective Communications for Artificial Intelligence Projects

The application of artificial intelligence to environmental health and safety management is growing across almost every industry. AI is becoming essential to EHS decision-makers who need tools to help make sense of vast volumes of data.
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February 10, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

What’s Next for Pandemic Preparedness in Congress?

When the next pandemic strikes, we want to be better prepared, but how can we achieve that state of readiness? Members of Congress are tackling that question now with a new bill that has a fleetingly rare feature in Washington, D.C.—it’s bipartisan.
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February 8, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

You’re Invited to the 2022 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

The Society of Toxicology (SOT) invites you to participate in its 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, which will take place March 27–31, 2022, in San Diego, California.
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February 3, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • AIHA University

Emergency Preparedness and Response: A Timely Virtual Conference in the Age of COVID-19

OEHS professionals are facing unprecedented changes in the risks we must prepare for and address. While our mission has always been to anticipate, recognize, and address hazards, the past few years have shown us the value of preparation.
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January 27, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Monthly Weekly

The Monthly Weekly: New Year, New NIOSH Publications

Less than a month into 2022, NIOSH has already released two new publications related to topics of high interest to Synergist readers: controls and exposure assessment. This post highlights these and other publications recently released by NIOSH.
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January 25, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Help Us Translate Technical Expertise into Public Policy Recommendations

For more than a decade, lawmakers and advocacy groups have been requesting that OSHA issue an emergency temporary standard addressing heat related illnesses and injuries. OSHA finally took a step toward issuing a heat stress standard in October 2021.
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January 20, 2022
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in a Pandemic: A Roadmap for COVID-19 and Beyond

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIOSH and AIHA have cooperated to protect workers across all industries. As part of the cooperative agreement, AIHA updated the guidance document, The Role of the Industrial Hygienist in a Pandemic.
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